(A/N: IM SO SORRY I HAVENT UPDATED IN SO LONG IVE HAD SO MUCH GOING ON FOR ME IRL AND I HAVENT HAD TIME TO WRITE, PLEASE DONT HATE MEH ;; I was ill today and I wasn't in school so I had some time to write, anyway, I can't confirm that I will keep to a schedule so I will be updating when I can, I'm sorry if it takes a while I have a lot going on rn, anyway, on with the chapter!

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*Nick's POV*
I couldn't even say in words how happy I was that Ashlie and Tommy where safe, I tried to seem like I wasn't scared because being scared wouldn't help anything, but inside I was worried sick, I don't know what I would do without them two dweebs. "Hey Nick, do you think I should maybe ask Tommy where he and Ash are? It's been like half an hour since he text me saying that he was safe, what if they caught them when they where leaving?" Cory said for the third time. "Cory, they are fine, trust me, if it took like two or three hours for Tommy to just get there, it's not going to be a thirty minute journey back, especially with Ashlie there, she's probably weak, God knows what she went through." I spoke trying to calm him down. "Yeah but still-" Cory was interrupted by the sound of the doorbell, at first we thought it was the others, but I looked out the window to see the police standing there. Cory opened the door and let them in. He started to explain what had happened while I made everyone a coffee, while listening to their conversation. I walked over and sat next to Cory, handing everyone a brew, then helped explain.

*Ashlie's POV*

After a while of sitting on the bench me and Tommy decided it would be a good idea to keep going. It was starting to get light outside, not to mention it was freezing, but I didn't say anything. Even after living in New Hampshire for 6 months I still wasn't too keen on the cold weather. I started to shiver. "Jeez it's freezing." I muttered, all I was wearing was a white long sleeve cardigan top with a fold around my neck, and black leggings, all of which was now covered in blood. "Oh here, take this." Tommy said unzipping his jet-black hoodie and placing it on my shoulders. "Thanks" I said, the jumper was warm where he had had it on. "No problem" he said with a smile. We were almost back home, it had been about an an hour and a half since Tommy saved me, I'm surprised no one followed us out, I mean, Tommy did kill there leader and all, and released there 'prisoner', I would be a little annoyed if I were them, but that's not the point, we were safe, that's all that matters.

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*Tommy's POV*

We are just a few minutes away from getting home, Ashlie seems to be fine, well, she's actually doing pretty well considering what she went through. I just hope she is okay, I know what it's like to live through pain and torture, it's cruel. Anyway, back on subject, we are nearly back at the office. The others should still be there unless they decided to go back to the house without saying anything, which I'm sure isn't true, if they were to go back they would have told me.

When we finally got to the office I knocked on the door, within about three seconds the door flung open and I was tackled into a hug by Cory. "YOU SCARED ME TO DEATH DUDE!" Cory yelled as he clung onto me for dear life. At this point I was pretty much on the floor. "I'm sorry bro but there was really nothing to worry about, it all ended up good in the end right?" I said to him. He got off of me and put one of his hands on my shoulder and his other on Ashlie's. I could see that he was tearing up. "That doesn't mean I wasn't worried sick the entire time! Dude I thought I was going to break down, I was so scared." Cory said, he turned to look at Nick who walked over and stood next to Ashlie. "He has a point, I wasn't nearly half as scared as Cory was but I was still worried, both of you could have died." Nick said. Ashlie still had my jacket on so they couldn't see that she was covered in blood. It couldn't have been an easy thing to show them, I looked at her and she looked at me with fear in her eyes. I could tell that she was scared about taking off my jacket. "So Ashlie what actually happened?" Nick asked her, I nodded at her, signifying her to take off my jacket, and she did. The others looked shocked, they stayed silent. "Well uh, yeah. These men took me and locked me in this basement thing. After about half an hour of me being tied to this chair a man came in with a dagger. He started cutting and bruising me. It was horrible. It was so painful. It had been about 7 hours before someone actually came and saved me, that someone being Tommy." Ashlie told them. She moved closer to me and I put my arm around her to comfort her. "That must have been horrible.." said Cory. "It was..." Ashlie said quietly, a tear rolled down her cheek and she hugged me, I hugged her back, stroking her hair to try to calm her down. "Hey, don't worry, your safe now, I've got you, I won't let you get hurt again, I promise you." I said, in the most soothing voice I could. "Thanks, for everything. You safe me when I was just five seconds away from death, you came looking for me even though no one else agreed to come with you. Thank you so, so much." Ashlie said, she held me tighter with each word. "You know that I would give my life up for you, you mean a lot to me Ashlie. I'll keep you safe." Everything went silent for a few seconds, but then I heard Ashlie whisper something, it was quiet for me, and I have sensitive hearing, I'm not sure if anyone else heard it, but I did and that's all that matters. "I love you."

*Cory's POV*

After finally reuniting with Ashlie and Tommy I realised that the police where still waiting in the other room, they had said that they wanted to speak to them. "Hey guys, there is uh, well let's just say that I called the police and I didn't call them off, when they got here and I told them that you guys where safe, they said that they still wanted to speak to you guys. They are in the other room, are you guys ready to talk to them?" I asked, I didn't wanna just force it on them, especially Tommy, I know he struggles socially because of his disabilities. "Yeah, I'm ready." Tommy said. "Same." Ashlie agreed. "Great, okay, in here then."

We walked into the room, Tommy seemed a little nervous, I mean I can understand why, I just hope this goes okay. "Hello there, my name is James and this is my co-worker Oliver." One of the policemen said. "Nice to meet you both." Tommy said, he did avoid eye contact but overall he seemed to be doing fine. "So let's get straight to it, we got a call from your friends over there saying that one of you had been kidnapped, who was that may I ask?" He said, Ashlie walked forward, she didn't say anything, she was in a lot of pain, so I don't blame her. "I see." The police said shocked, he wrote something down on his clipboard.

They spoke to the police for about half an hour, until the police went into the other room to speak. None of us really spoke much, I could tell Ashlie and Tommy where still shaken up after what happened. After about ten minutes the police walked back into the room, they nodded at each other then James walked over. "In a few days, we want to go back down to the basement your friend was taken to, for two reasons, you mentioned that there where more people down there, we want to save them, but we will need as much help as we can get, I recommend that Ashlie doesn't come and maybe one of you could stay back, but we need as many as we can get, will you be up for the challenge?"

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Ayyy another cliff hanger! Anyway I hope you all enjoyed the chapter! I know I haven't updated in agesss but I've had a lot going on for me recently and I haven't had time to write, I promise I will get into some sorta schedule soon! Also I know that I said that I wrote this on a Thursday buuuuuut I got distracted :P so you get this on Sunday instead! Anyway I'll see u all in my next chapter!

Ciao <3 ~~

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